Reviewing Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) & Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR)

Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) and Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Cadeler A/S”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	$503.74 million	0.60	$26.32 million	$0.76	8.47
Cadeler A/S	$123.07 million	19.37	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A

Pangaea Logistics Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Cadeler A/S.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Cadeler A/S, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	0	0	1	0	3.00
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00

Pangaea Logistics Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 59.16%. Cadeler A/S has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.18%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Cadeler A/S.

Profitability

This table compares Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Cadeler A/S’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	7.02%	8.76%	4.66%
Cadeler A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Cadeler A/S on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pangaea Logistics Solutions

Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne dry bulk logistics and transportation services to industrial customers worldwide. It offers various dry bulk cargoes, such as grains, coal, iron ore, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. The company's ocean logistics services comprise cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management. It owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island.

About Cadeler A/S

Cadeler A/S operates as an offshore wind farm transportation and installation contractor in Denmark. It also provides wind farm construction, maintenance, decommissioning, and other tasks within the offshore industry, as well as marine and engineering services. The company owns and operates four offshore jack-up windfarm installation vessels. Cadeler A/S was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.